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So I decided to conjure up an incentives system for myself. These are things I want to do, but don’t want to get sidetracked.

Current publication count: 5 published (7 after contracted pieces are finished).

At 10 published short stories: Create Facebook author’s page.
My reluctance to do this comes from the fact that Facebook might require more policing than, say, a Twitter account, this blog or an Amazon Author’s page. Besides, I don’t want to create a page when I’ve nothing to offer. At 10, I feel comfortable going forward with it.

At 15 published short stories: Start novel.I have a couple of novel concepts lined up. Granted, I wrote a novella before, but that’s just not going anywhere for a while. It could probably use touch ups anyway. But it would be a good time to start that first novel and really crank out the first few chapters.

At 20 stories published: Write a screenplay.I’ve always wanted to do this. Mostly as practice for writing a comic book or a short film, but to craft something new and interesting. I might even craft it as some kind of “tie in” or “fan” fiction
(cough The Punisher cough) and simply stash it for later should that company come a-calling. So basically, it would be just for me and no one else.

How about that blog?

So things are changing this year for the blog. While writing remains the number one focus, keeping up with general pop culture and entertainment is gaining ground. Expect more retweets, more current topics and more thematic changes.